The Eastern Iowa in May 2026

83.2%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 734 domestic departures from The Eastern Iowa (CID). 83.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.2% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so CID departures were 6.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 656 departures with 78.5% leaving on time: a change of +4.7 points, with flights up 12%.

Flights arriving at CID that month were on time 75.3% of the time (733 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 48%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 82.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.0%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from CID in May 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

May 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	CID, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	83.2%	78.5%	76.8%	77.1%
Arrived on time	82.2%	74.8%	74.9%	77.6%
Cancelled	0.5%	1.4%	2.7%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.6 min	22.4 min	23.5 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	25	22	23	20,391
Scheduled departures	734	656	8,397	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	220	30%	79.1%	10.7 min	0.5%
MQ Envoy Air	133	18%	85.0%	-4.4 min	0.8%
AA American Airlines	114	16%	82.5%	14.0 min	0.9%
UA United Airlines	114	16%	83.3%	5.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	64	9%	73.4%	8.7 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	43	6%	88.4%	-4.0 min	2.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	4%	87.1%	4.8 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	12	2%	100.0%	-19.4 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	3	0%	100.0%	-13.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CID–ORD	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Chicago	289	81.0%	6.2 min	0.7%
CID–DEN	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Denver	109	85.3%	0.7 min	0.0%
CID–DFW	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Dallas/Fort Worth	101	78.2%	18.8 min	2.0%
CID–PHX	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Phoenix	60	85.0%	4.3 min	0.0%
CID–ATL	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Atlanta	31	87.1%	4.8 min	0.0%
CID–CLT	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Charlotte	31	93.5%	-9.9 min	0.0%
CID–DCA	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Washington	31	93.5%	-11.8 min	0.0%
CID–MSP	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Minneapolis	18	77.8%	12.3 min	0.0%
CID–AZA	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Phoenix	11	81.8%	-3.5 min	0.0%
CID–PGD	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Punta Gorda	11	90.9%	-12.5 min	0.0%
CID–SFB	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Sanford	11	100.0%	-5.0 min	0.0%
CID–PIE	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to St. Petersburg	10	90.0%	0.0 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	47.5%	33.0%	5,347
Late-arriving aircraft	31.4%	40.4%	3,539
National Aviation System	13.4%	20.5%	1,507
Extreme weather	7.8%	6.0%	875
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

11,268 delay minutes on 125 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left CID on time in May 2026?

83.2% of 734 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 78.5% of 656 departures left on time and 1.4% were cancelled, against 83.2% and 0.5% in May 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 2026; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for CID · methodology · corrections.